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Article History

Received: 2 September 2021

Accepted: 10 November 2022

First Online: 25 November 2022

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Amhara Public Health Institute Research Ethics Review Committee (Ref # 03/192/2018). Informed consent was obtained verbally from all respondents aged 18 years and above, and caregiver or parental consent and youth assent was obtained verbally for all youth aged 12–17 years. We asked for Oral consent not the Written consent is due mainly to the nature of our respondents. Our main respondent was the main woman of the household and elderly, when it comes to PDS clients, who are often likely to be illiterate and unable to provide written consent. So, to be consistent in the way we seek the consent, oral consent was more appropriate. However, we assured that data collectors read the consent, and re-read it, whenever necessary, and gave the respondent the opportunity to ask any questions for clarification before providing the consent. Outcome of the consent process was then entered into electronic tablets by survey enumerators. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.